Ernest Seaholm High School - Piper Yearbook (Birmingham, MI)

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'avg Wins pile up, spirits soar There's a time to exercise the brawn as well as the brain, and that's when our athletic teams take the field amid cheering fans. End runs, line drives, churning water . . . signal that the boys are in action. All during the school year we turn out to support our teams, at home and away. There is something catching about the frenzy created during a close game. It is contagion that follows us far from the fields of play. We are sitting high when the teams are riding a winning streak, sunk into bleak despair when they are losing . . . and we enjoy every minute of it. Yet, there is more to it than just playing the game. Some of us grow muscles, others increase their cheering ca- pacity, but all are learning sportsmanship, the spirit of competition, and how to face conliicts and decision. It is an education . . . in living. And it is fun. 79

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Nowhere ln the world can such excltement be found as m the mldst of a wlldly cheermg high school sports crowd Swlm mmg meets are notonous for producmg thrnlls at Seaholm and thls one IS no exceptxon bnngmg out enthusxasm m fans and swlmmers ahke 78

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Although the1r outdoor dual meet vrctory strmg was snapped at 39 by Cranbrook the Maple track men can consnder the season a success as they re peated as Eastern Mrchlgan League dual meet cham prons despite stxff competltron from Hazel Park and Ferndale In wmnmg the1r stxth stranght dual meet trophy the Maples were undefeated agalnst League teams W1th 53 pomts to runnerup Ferndales 46h th Maples captured the1r flfth consecutive League meet trophy In the Reglonals they ran thlrd behmd Pon trac Central and Farmrngton The followmg week the Maples took fourth 1n the State meet In varrous 1nv1tat1onal and specral meets the Maples also comprled a fine record taklng eleventh rn the Mansfield Relays rn a field of 136 schools and runnrng second 1n the Central Mrchrgan Relays 4Although only a sophomore this year Jrm Stephenson showed the potentlal that could help htm better hrs brother Bobs high Jump record Jrms top performance came 1n the League meet where he tred for first wrth a Jump of 5 feet 10 mches B111 Green and Kent Rathbun practxcmg a smooth handoff and onlookers Fraser Cocks and .hm Rerlly composed the m1le relay team They broke the school record at the Mrchrgan AAU mdoor track meet at the Unrversrty of MlChlgaD wrth a trme of 3 38 8 I All fifth!! League dual meets again dominated by Maples